Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke

The women's 50 metre backstroke event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 31 July and 1 August at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.[1][2]

Women's 50 metre backstroke at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Palau Sant Jordi
Dates	July 31, 2013 (heats & semifinals) August 1, 2013 (final)
Competitors	51 from 45 nations
Winning time	27.29
Medalists
Zhao Jing    China   Fu Yuanhui    China   Aya Terakawa    Japan

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were:

World record	Zhao Jing (CHN)	27.06	Rome, Italy	30 July 2009	[3][4]
Competition record	Zhao Jing (CHN)	27.06	Rome, Italy	30 July 2009	[3][4]

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 10:00.[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6	4	Fu Yuanhui	China	27.55	Q
2	6	5	Zhao Jing	China	27.81	Q
3	5	4	Aya Terakawa	Japan	28.05	Q
4	4	5	Mercedes Peris	Spain	28.07	Q
5	5	5	Etiene Medeiros	Brazil	28.16	Q
6	4	4	Rachel Bootsma	United States	28.28	Q
7	6	3	Georgia Davies	Great Britain	28.35	Q
7	6	6	Lauren Quigley	Great Britain	28.35	Q
9	5	2	Duane Da Rocha	Spain	28.37	Q
9	5	6	Aleksandra Urbanczyk	Poland	28.37	Q
11	6	2	Simona Baumrtová	Czech Republic	28.38	Q, NR
12	4	9	Stephanie Au	Hong Kong	28.39	Q, NR
13	5	3	Missy Franklin	United States	28.44	Q, WD
13	6	8	Sanja Jovanović	Croatia	28.44	Q
15	4	3	Emily Seebohm	Australia	28.48	Q
16	4	6	Sinead Russell	Canada	28.60	Q
17	4	8	Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir	Iceland	28.62	NR
17	5	9	Anni Alitalo	Finland	28.62	Q, NR
19	4	7	Klaudia Nazieblo	Poland	28.65
20	3	7	Amit Ivry	Israel	28.75	NR
21	6	7	Belinda Hocking	Australia	28.80
22	4	2	Theodora Drakou	Greece	28.81
22	6	1	Daria Ustinova	Russia	28.81
24	6	9	Tao Li	Singapore	28.90
25	4	1	Carolina Colorado Henao	Colombia	29.08
25	6	0	Jessica Ashley-Cooper	South Africa	29.08
27	5	0	Kimberly Buys	Belgium	29.16
28	3	3	Fernanda González	Mexico	29.17
29	5	8	Kim Ji-Hyun	South Korea	29.18
30	4	0	Yekaterina Rudenko	Kazakhstan	29.19
31	5	1	Magdalena Kuras	Sweden	29.39
32	3	6	Gisela Morales	Guatemala	29.42
33	5	7	Selina Hocke	Germany	29.50
34	3	4	Jeserik Pinto	Venezuela	29.62
35	3	1	Ekaterina Avramova	Bulgaria	29.75
36	3	9	Barbara Caraballo	Puerto Rico	29.80	NR
37	3	2	Yulduz Kuchkarova	Uzbekistan	29.84
38	3	5	Hazal Sarıkaya	Turkey	30.15
39	2	4	Caroline Puamau	Fiji	30.36
40	3	0	Birita Debes	Faroe Islands	30.57	NR
41	3	8	Heather Arseth	Mauritius	30.61
42	2	5	Siona Huxley	Saint Lucia	31.33
43	2	2	Faye Sultan	Kuwait	31.36
44	2	6	Kuan Weng I	Macau	31.64
45	2	8	Evelina Afoa	Samoa	31.67
46	2	3	Nadeera Jayasekera	Sri Lanka	32.33
47	2	1	Caylee Watson	U.S. Virgin Islands	32.38
48	2	0	Nur Hamizah Ahmad	Brunei	33.85
49	1	5	Collen Furgeson	Marshall Islands	34.48
50	1	4	Osisang Chilton	Palau	34.60
51	2	9	Khadidiatou Dieng	Senegal	34.90
	1	3	Meseret Amare	Ethiopia		DNS
	2	7	Khahliso Mpeta	Lesotho		DNS

Semifinals

The semifinals were held at 18:12.[6]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Mercedes Peris	Spain	27.71	Q, NR
2	4	Zhao Jing	China	27.87	Q
3	3	Rachel Bootsma	United States	27.93	Q
4	6	Lauren Quigley	Great Britain	28.02	Q
5	2	Duane Da Rocha	Spain	28.25
6	1	Emily Seebohm	Australia	28.29
7	7	Stephanie Au	Hong Kong	28.33	NR
8	8	Anni Alitalo	Finland	28.61	NR

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Fu Yuanhui	China	27.40	Q
2	5	Aya Terakawa	Japan	27.70	Q, NR
3	3	Etiene Medeiros	Brazil	27.89	Q
4	6	Georgia Davies	Great Britain	28.05	Q
5	7	Simona Baumrtová	Czech Republic	28.20	NR
6	2	Aleksandra Urbańczyk	Poland	28.25
7	8	Sinead Russell	Canada	28.35
8	1	Sanja Jovanović	Croatia	28.60

Final

The final was held at 19:14.[7]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Zhao Jing	China	27.29
	4	Fu Yuanhui	China	27.39
	5	Aya Terakawa	Japan	27.53	NR
4	2	Etiene Medeiros	Brazil	27.83
5	3	Mercedes Peris	Spain	27.93
6	8	Georgia Davies	Great Britain	27.96
7	7	Rachel Bootsma	United States	28.05
8	1	Lauren Quigley	Great Britain	28.33

References

1. "BCN 2013 – Swimming: Schedule". FINA. 8 July 2013. Archived from the original on 23 December 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
2. Start list
3. "FINA World Championships, Swimming: Zhao Jing Reclaims 50 Back World Record For The Win". Swimming World Magazine. 30 July 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
4. "China strikes 2 golds in swimming worlds". Xinhua News Agency. 31 July 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
5. Heats Results
6. Semifinal Results
7. Final Results

External links

• Barcelona 2013 Swimming Coverage